1850

Autograph letter

Title: [Update on the activities of a baby]

An unknown author discusses the activities of a baby. Author references the Blair family, and is assumed to be a relative of Francis Preston Blair, editor of the Democratic Washington, D.C. newspaper, The Globe between 1829 and 1845.

GLC03209.27.10

14 January 1803

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Letter signed

Title: to William Jarvis

Secretary of State Madison responds to a 16 November 1802 letter from Jarvis, United States Consul in Portugal. States that the United States' right of deposit was obstructed in New Orleans. Refers to a letter (not included) from Juan Manuel de Salcedo, the Governor General of Louisiana to Governor William Charles Cole Claiborne of the Mississippi Territory, stating that the prohibition against the United States was imposed against Salcedo's opinion. Informs Jarvis of James Monroe's nomination as Envoy Extraodinary to Paris and Madrid to secure rights to navigate the Mississippi River.…

GLC03329.01

1 January 1803

Madison, James, 1751-1836

Letter signed

Title: to William Jarvis

Secretary of State Madison sends a copy of a letter from Samuel Snow, United States Minister to Canton, to Jarvis, United States Consul in Portugal. Sent with GLC03329.01, dated 14 January 1803. Snow informs Madison that the Chinese government desires foreigners to depart from China after the business season ends in April. States that most Consuls retire to Macao, a nearby Portugese settlement, until the business season resumes in September. Requests that Madison obtain the Portugese Government's permission for his Maceo residence from Jarvis.

GLC03329.02

31 December 1813

Jones, William, 1760-1831

Pamphlet

Title: Letter from the Secretary of the Navy, of the twenty-seventh instant, to the Chairman of the Naval Committee, together with sundry documents

Printed by Roger C. Weightman. Includes letters and lists related to the 10 September 1813 Battle of Lake Erie. Offers a detailed account of the battle, in which United States Commander Perry defeated a more numerous British fleet. Includes lists of Americans who were wounded in the battle, as well as letters related to the battle from Perry, Commodore Hull, Naval Senior Officer McCall, Commodore Bainbridge, and Naval Secretary Jones. Otis, Secretary of the Senate, writes that this document was printed for use of the Senate.

GLC03436.04

14 October 1814

Monroe, James, 1758-1831

Pamphlet

Title: Message from the President of the United States transmitting copies of the instructions given to the ministers of the United States appointed to negotiate a peace with Great Britain

Printed by Roger C. Weightman. Includes letters from Secretary of State James Monroe to United States commissioners appointed to negotiate peace with Great Britain in order to end the War of 1812. Discusses reports received by Monroe from John Quincy Adams, serving as United States diplomatic representative to Russia. Includes extensize discussion of the impressment controversy. Contains a brief introduction by President James Madison.

GLC03436.05

circa 15 March 1816

Rush, Richard, 1780-1859

Printed document signed

Title: [Certificate authorizing Robert Brent as Justice of the Peace for Washington, D.C.]

Serving as Secretary of the State Department, Rush certifies that Robert Brent is Justice of the Peace for Washington, D.C. Includes a United States Secretary of State Office seal.

GLC03436.12

28 April 1817

Tayloe, John, fl. 1817

Autograph document signed

Title: [Authorization for the transfer of property]

Lomax, Forrest, and Jordan sign as witnesses. Brent, Justice of the Peace for Washington, D.C., signs separately as a witness. In his absence, Tayloe authorizes Lomax, his attorney, to act as a trustee of the estate of the deceased Ralph Wormeley. As trustees, Tayloe and Lomax transfer a parcel of Wormeley's land to Samuel Layre, who bought the land in a private sale. Document is frayed along the edges, resulting in some text loss.

GLC03436.13

15 March 1817

Tayloe, John, fl. 1817

Autograph document signed

Title: [Authorization for the sale of property]

Lomax, Forrest, and Jordan sign as witnesses. Brent, Justice of the Peace for Washington, D.C., signs separately as a witness. Tayloe authorizes Lomax, his attorney, to act as a trustee of the estate of the deceased Ralph Wormeley. As trustees, Tayloe and Lomax transfer a parcel of Wormeley's land to Leonard Bristowe.

GLC03436.14

15 March 1817

Tayloe, John, fl. 1817

Autograph document signed

Title: [John Tayloe Lomax authorized to act as trustee of an Estate]

Lomax, Forrest, and Jordan sign as witnesses. Brent, Justice of the Peace for Washington, D.C., and George Healy sign separately as a witnesses. Tayloe authorizes Lomax, his attorney, to act as a trustee of the estate of the deceased Ralph Wormeley.

GLC03436.15

14 May 1836

United States. Congress (24th, 1st Session: 1835-1837). Senate

Printed document

Title: [Bill to establish a Naval Academy]

Reported by New Jersey Senator Samuel Lewis Southard. Authorizes the United States President to establish a naval academy. Establishes that the Academy will be under the direction of the President and Congress. Arranges for the appointment of teachers and the appropriation of educational materials. Provides for the Academy's use of funds from the United States Treasury.

GLC03436.17

1865

Photograph

Title: [Carte de visite of George Armstrong Custer]

Printed by M. B. Brady & Company. Included with 4007.01 on bookshelf.

GLC04007.02

20 May 1834

United States. Congress (23d, 1st session : 1834). House.

Book

Title: Regulating the Indian Department

House report submitted by Horace Everett, a representative from Vermont. Contains tables and documents related to United States treaty obligations, removal of Native Americans, and missionary work. Bound in back is a large folding map of the Indian territory (modern Oklahoma) with borders outlined in watercolor.

GLC04132.01

20 May 1834

United States. Congress

Map

Title: Map of the Western Territory & c.

Large folding map of present-day Oklahoma with borders outlined in watercolour designating areas occupied by Native American tribes. Map was previously bound in back of the House Report found in 4132.01. Border lines are colored in blue, yellow, orange, green, and pink.

GLC04132.02

October 1849

Manuscript document

Title: The Chugg Water Journal [Vol. 1, no. 1 (October 1849)]

Handwritten first issue of a Fort Laramie newspaper. Introduces the self-described "largest paper printed at Fort Laramie" with the goal of keeping "our friends and fellow exiles, up with the spirit of the age" and promoting political and religious principles. Introduces the four editors. Contains a letter from R. Jones, the commanding officer of the Minnesota Territory, about the war between the Sioux and the Brulees. Contains other local news items. Written at Fort Laramie

GLC05067.01

2 December 1828

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

Document signed

Title: [Peace treaty with Winnebago Native Americans]

Serving as President of the United States, John Quincy Adams certifies that Naw-kaw, a Winnebago chief, smoked the peace pipe with him in Washington, D.C. Countersigned by Peter Buell Porter, Secretary of War. Reports that Adams has full confidence in the determination of Naw-kaw and his associates to maintain perpetual peace and friendship with the United States. Contains a gold War Office seal.

GLC05120.01

15 March 1954

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

Typed letter signed

Title: to Vernon Smith

Sends thanks for the "treasured photographs of Abraham Lincoln" taken by Smith's grandfather. States that he will take great care of them and will eventually donate them to the Museum at Abilene. Accompanied by the President's schedule for March 12, 1954, accepting the gift (see GLC07094.02).

GLC07094.01

12 March 1954

Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969

Typed document

Title: The President's Appointments Friday, March 12, 1954.

Eisenhower's schedule for the day showing an appointment at 8 AM to accept some photos of Abraham Lincoln from Vernon Smith, a worker in the Social Room. Smith's grandfather, who was a personal friend of Lincoln, took the photos. Also shows an 8:30 appointment with the Secretary of the Treasury, Hon. Sherman Adams, and Hon. Bryce Harlow and a 10AM Cabinet meeting. Lists a 1:30 PM departure for Camp David. Accompanies GLC07094.01.

GLC07094.02

19 September 1859

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865

Printed document

Title: Douglas an Enemy to the North.

Title continues: Reasons Why the North Should Oppose Judge Douglas. Speech of Hon. Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois. Delivered at Cincinnati, September 19, 1859. Paraphrases and summarizes a speech delivered in Cincinnati, Ohio. Lincoln says Douglas is "the man of the North, pre-eminently the man, who moulded the public sentiment of his section to the uses of the South...As an illustration of the vast power with which Douglas was wielding the public sentiment of the North to suit the South, let it be remembered that five years ago there was not a man on the continent who had said that the…

GLC08933

1821-1855

Hale, Aurelia, 1798-?

Header Record

Title: Aurelia Hale letters to her sister Sarah, and brother Horatio [Decimalized .01- .52]

52 letters covering New England transplant Aurelia Hale's travels in the South, including her views on slavery. Born in Connecticut, Aurelia moved to Savannah, Georgia in 1821, and later migrated to Washington County, Georgia, and then to Alabama. She wrote sporadic letters to her sister Sarah and her brother, Horatio. She was not disturbed by slavery, remarking on 11 June 1821, that the people of Georgia "differ in every respect from the Northerners; are much more agreeable, polite, attentive, and friendly...When we entered Savannah we were astonished at the number of blacks...We find it no…

GLC08934

28 February 1854

Fessenden, William Pitt, 1806-1869

Autograph letter signed

Title: to James D. Fessenden

Writes to his son about his opposition to the Kansas-Nebraska Bill. Fessenden, who had recently been sworn in as a Maine senator, comments that "The Nebraska outrage occasions great feelings here...It is near pretty well understood that the free states were sold by their leaders in 1850...and they are to be plundered. I see no help for it. If the Southern Whigs stopped the measure in body...there is no longer a national Whig party for me." Earlier in the letter he urges James to stay in his position, which he apparently dislikes and discusses Frank's (possibly Francis, another of his sons…

GLC08935

26 November 1864

Benedict, Nehemiah W., 1817-?

Autograph letter signed

Title: to Newton Benedict

Writes to his brother, praising the election of Reuben E. Fenton as Governor New York over the incumbent, Horatio Seymour. Explains that "We have had a glorious election and not withstanding a traitorous governor had, through the aid of his 'friends', secured more than thirty thousand 'marrow fat' & other bogus notes for his personal benefit. He is overthrown by the spontaneous uprising of an indignant and patriotic people." Making clear that he (and the new governor) supports the Union cause in the Civil War, he writes: "How much better shall we feel that the executive head of the…

GLC08936

October 1859

Douglas, Stephen Arnold, 1813-1861

Pamphlet

Title: Popular Sovereignty in the Territories: Judge Douglas in Reply to Judge Black

Responds at length to the criticisms of his position on popular sovereignty by Attorney General Jeremiah S. Black. Emphasizes that he would "never vote for a slave code in the Territories by Congress." First edition with original free franked envelope Douglas used to send it to Samuel Arnold of Haddam, Connecticut.

GLC08940

1905

Header Record

Title: Photograph of Peace Commissioners who met to negotiate the Treaty of Portsmouth and a letter dicussing the signatures of said Commissioners [Decimalized .01-.02]

Dated August-September 1905.

GLC00861

1862

Johnson, Fry, & Co., fl. 1825-1873

Engraving

Title: [Thomas Jefferson Engraving]

Engraving of Thomas Jefferson, based on the original portrait by Alonzo Chappel.

GLC01431.02

17 August 1670

Document signed

Title: Colonial America

GLC01450.170.01